Livelihoods and Food Security Officer Somalia Baardheere

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Participate in activity planning, coordination and execution of Livelihoods activities in increasing access to self-employment, wage employment and other livelihood income source, establishment of vulnerable households and constant market demand monitoring.
2. Fully responsible for the operational activities of Food Security and Livelihood such as Social Safety Net cash transfer, market price monitoring, distribution of vouchers and redemption of vouchers.
3. Regularly monitor and review the overall commodity movements such as food deliveries, storage, transport and distribution at site, verifying if the amount received have been properly recorded as suitable, damaged or suspected to be damaged.
4. Responsible for preparation of cash transfer payment sheet, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) with the support of M&E and making sure beneficiaries receive their entitlements.
5. Contribute/lead beneficiaries selection, registration and verification in a transparent manner.
6. Lead/conduct community mobilization/consultation meetings and beneficiaries selection.
7. Organize and conduct Income Generation Activity (IGA) trainings, Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA) and business plan development.
8. Ensures LFS projects addresses and considers gender equality, disability and minority inclusions.
9. Create or reactivate Community Resilience Committees, train on beneficiaries selection criteria for vulnerable beneficiaries.
10. Assist in the implementation of plans of action, review achievement and constraints, and provide feedback accordingly.
11. Represent NRC in sectoral and cluster meetings for Livelihoods projects.
12. Ensure that all documentation of projects is promptly and correctly filed and archived as necessary.
13. Carryout weekly/monthly reports and assessments appropriately.
14. Lead the community sensitization on cash based social transfers eligibility criteria and service referrals
15. Any other work assigned by line manager.

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a university degree preferably  in agriculture, nutrition, social sciences, development studies with at least minimum of 3-5 years relevant working experience especially livelihoods programming

Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts and Training in Purchasing and Supplies preferred.

Formal training or certification in grievance handling, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution

Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.  Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

We are particularly looking for a positive individual with strong communication skills, who can build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.

In this position you will join highly motivated and expert staff who are making a difference to the most vulnerable people.

What We Offer:

Contract period: 12 months  with possible extension 

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Travel: Some

Duty station: Baardhere

NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

NB: All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable​.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline

Email and paper applications will not be considered.